G. Resources, Texts & Mats.

Resources, Texts & Materials
Oakland District Literacy Units by grade level
http://www.oaklandschoolsliteracy.org/resources/common-core-resources/ccss-curriculum/

Text complexity (lily Wong Fillmore)
http://ell.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/academic-papers/06-LWF%20CJF%20Text%20Complexity%20FINAL_0.pdf

Rap as text
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/06/13/413966099/a-visit-from-kendrick-lamar-best-day-of-school-ever?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150613

Dr. Suess
words of wisdom http://www.biography.com/news/dr-seuss-book-quotations
http://www.seussville.com/#/home

Random house for kids http://www.randomhousekids.com/

Diverse literature to build empathy
http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/06/20/20-books-featuring-diverse-characters-to-inspire-connection-and-empathy/

guidelines for selecting appropriate Native American literature
http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/tips-choosing-culturally-appropriate-books-resources-about-native-americans

Open air libraries around the world
http://noticias.lainformacion.com/arte-cultura-y-espectaculos/bibliotecas-y-museos/veinte-sorprendentes-bibliotecas-y-librerias-al-aire-libre-alrededor-del-mundo_TvwLFUoj2bqN0Wvr1Kp1r2/

ESL literacy annotated resources from AIR
http://www.air.org/sites/default/files/downloads/report/ELL_Annotated_Bibliography_0.pdf

Children's literature list and reviews
http://www.booksintheclassroom.com/allreviewed.php

Notable children's book lists
http://web.csulb.edu/org/childrens-lit/proj/nbgs/intro-nbgs.html#lists

Literacy Teaching Charts
http://indulgy.com/source/teachingmyfriends.blogspot.com/from/138291200256

Teaching tolerance text selection
http://www.tolerance.org/blog/choosing-world-our-students-read
Selecting diverse texts
http://www.tolerance.org/publication/project-appendix-d

Children's lit search tools http://www.dawcl.com/search.asp
Reviews of children's literature by themes http://www.clcd.com/index.php/themedreviews

lists of literature by theme http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/subjects.html

PDF of the true story of the three little pigs
http://tw.classf0001.uschoolnet.com/css000000024298/cm7kfile-1317472141-9396-4140.pdf

MC literature
http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/34101_Chapter1.pdf
http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/34102_Chapter2.pdf
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/literature.html
http://www.easternct.edu/smithlibrary/depts/curriculum/documents/mcliterature.pdf
http://education.jhu.edu/PD/newhorizons/strategies/topics/multicultural-education/multicultural-childrens-literature/

Thinking Maps sample chapter
http://thinkingmaps.com/pdfdocs/see-inside/language-for-learning.pdf

Latinos for literature article and podcast http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=249731906
http://www.k12reader.com/

Latinas for literature authors list http://latinas4latinolit.org/latino-authors-illustrators/

Lit2go Public Domain passages with grade level/ by genre with audio, activity, & readability (good for student studies) http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/

Tween Tribune (readable current events in different levels & Spanish) http://tweentribune.com/

Essential books for different levels https://www.commonsensemedia.org/guide/essentialbooks#Ages-2-6-354367

Literacy strategies before, during, or after reading http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies#skill1037

Foreign films videos to stimulate interest and reading
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/kid-friendly-foreign-films-homa-tavangar?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=022614%20enews%20(actives%20AB%2030%20percent%206-9AM%2040K%20throttle)%20oscars%20remainder&utm_content=&spMailingID=8047899&spUserID=MjcyNTEyNzI5NjIS1&spJobID=122197656&spReportId=MTIyMTk3NjU2S0

Lucy Calkins video
http://www.heinemann.com/shared/player.aspx?id=D1_02_why_rdng_wksp&path=rtmp://heinpublishing.flashsvc.vitalstreamcdn.com/heinpublishing_vitalstream_com/_definst_/videos/E00871

Online etymology dictionary http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=anti-

Online literature library
http://www.literature.org/
Aesop http://www.literature.org/authors/aesop/fables/

Hans Christian Andersen author site 168 stories (most of them hyperlinked)
http://www.hca.gilead.org.il/

Using literature in ESL
http://www.totalesl.com/UsingLiteraturewithEnglishLanguageLearners.php

Using Asian & Asian American stories in ESL (page 12)
http://www.nabe.org/Resources/Documents/NABE%20Perspectives/NP_36n1_Jan_Mar2014.pdf

Bibliomania http://www.bibliomania.com/

English literature on the web (Eng/American/Historical)
http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/EngLit.html

Literature learning ladders--Tech connections
http://www.eduscapes.com/ladders/

elem Graphic Novels for the CCSS
http://www.pinterest.com/diamondbooks/graphic-novels-for-the-common-core-elementary/
Graphic Novel youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_07zw8JuAGQ&list=PLSgNDIjYrJZ64g15PzC_U4pVcJ9NfBsSp&index=16

libraries as a resource
http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/downloads/file/rankin&b-ch1.pdf

balanced literacy diet (youtubes)
http://www.youtube.com/user/balancedliteracydiet

evaluating children's literature for bias
http://www.intime.uni.edu/multiculture/curriculum/children.htm

Straight talk on race in children's books
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6647713.html

domestic stereotypes in childrens' literature
http://www.lilydale.swinburne.edu.au/journal/documents/f_crowle_report.pdf

stereotypes in literature http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbxoNDkuHdo

2011 study shows gender bias in children's books
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/new-study-finds-gender-bias-in-childrens-books/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110503151607.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oIr-lFTx7Q
No mothers on Disney http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY1W8fbemLo

Disability bias in children's books
http://www.longwood.edu/staff/miskecjm/11%201%20rubin.pdf

Children's literature wiki-resources and assignments
http://rll520winter2012.wikispaces.com/

fairy tales
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/

Bilingual Books
http://blog.languagelizard.com/2013/01/29/bilingual_children_benefits_narration/

Live Binders
http://www.cfn206.org/nikinewtonlivebinder

SIOP powerpoints
http://siop.beaufort.schoolfusion.us/modules/groups/integrated_home.phtml?&gid=1195774

NCCLR Quick Guide For Teachers: Selecting Culturally Appropriate Children’s Books in Languages Other Than English
http://t.co/fNmC8V05eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov

Use of Labeling in teaching
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/ideas-for-english-language-learners-labeling-photos-sequencing-passages-and-more/

young latinos missing in literature NYtimes
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/education/young-latino-students-dont-see-themselves-in-books.html?hpw

Fun Online ELL resources (some great ones)
http://www.ellteacherpros.com/home/teacher-resources/resource-fun-learning-tools/

Free children's books in Eng & Span http://register.firstbook.org/?rgst=lead

162 websites for free-e-books http://www.techsupportalert.com/free-books-children

AESOP's fable http://www.umass.edu/aesop/index.php

Choice literacy Annotated archives http://www.choiceliteracy.com/public/department27.cfm

ELL teacher Pro recommended sites http://www.ellteacherpros.com/home/recommendations/

Flash video on Spelling
http://www.ozreadandspell.com.au/home.htm (spelling #4)
Spelling test http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/16sp.htm

Why public libraries matter
http://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/the-public-library-manifesto?utm_source=wkly20110506&utm_medium=yesemail&utm_campaign=mrMorris

Textbook selection in the ESL class http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/0210garinger.html

*Selecting & adapting materials
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/cal/contentesl/c-esl9.htm
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/cal/contentesl/c-esl10.htm

John’s ESL materials http://www.johnsesl.com/printables/worksheets/

Online books http://www.bartelby.com/

book Analysis & Teaching Academic Content & Lang
http://www.coursecrafters.com/ELL-Outlook/2005/nov_dec/ELLOutlookITIArticle1.htm

to use Textbooks or not
http://www.coursecrafters.com/ELL-Outlook/2006/jul_aug/ELLOutlookITIArticle1.htm

thematic literature for ELLs http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-4/ece.html

lang & literature in ESL http://www.ncte.org/library/files/Free/Journals/ej/EJ0882Language.pdf

*Pizzaz (Resource Ideas for teachers) http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html

Project Gutenberg Free on-line books http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

ESL base varied teacher resources http://www.eslbase.com/resources/
Internet TESL Journal teacher materials http://iteslj.org/t/
Daily page for ESL/EFL http://www.manythings.org/daily/

online texts (good variety--for young & older students, classics, non-fiction, & poems) http://www.bygosh.com/index.htm

creative writing with movement


online stories http://www.magickeys.com/books/Read Write Now (preK-6 activities in Eng & Spanish) http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/readwnow.html

Los angeles andan en bicicleta (bilingual book)
http://www.childrenslibrary.org/icdl/BookPage?bookid=alcagls_00030019&pnum1=4&pnum2=5&twoPage=true&route=text&size=11&fullscreen=false&lang=English&ilang=English


Classic stories
http://childhoodreading.com/authors.html

Poems & Rhymes
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/browse/rzn4000/

the reading zone
http://www.ipl.org/kidspace/browse/rzn0000

CA activities by subjt & grade (click on Math, Hist or LA.) http://www.score.k12.ca.us

The teachers' bookbag http://www.teachersbookbag.com/

Doucette Library of Teaching Resources (search for teaching ideas by book title )
http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex/

Story Arts on-line http://www.storyarts.org/

Alaska Site (check out reading, writing and workbooks) http://litsite.alaska.edu/

*ELL Toolkit (NCELA) http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/practice/itc/index.htm

Help they don’t speak English Elem guide http://www.escort.org/products/helpkit.html

Internet picture dictionary http://www.pdictionary.com

Foreign Language Clip Art Pix http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/JapanProj//FLClipart

Mrs. Hurley’s ESL page http://www.mrshurleysesl.com/index.html (see red button links on left)
http://www.mrshurleysesl.com/mainstreamteacher.html (teaching tips & resources)

Tongue Twisters http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAOTongueTwistersCollectionK6.htm

Can Teach language arts http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/englangarts.html

English & Media (comics, music, newspapers, TV) http://englisheverywhere.homestead.com/index.html

Games http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1979/games/articles/eflgames.html

Jigsaw Puzzles http://www.jigzone.com/

Weekly reader Edgar Allen Poe preview curriculum
http://www.weeklyreader.com/greatauthors/Default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

Canadian Multiliteracies Projects http://www.multiliteracies.ca/index.php